"I'm a student of patterns," he said. "I look at everything in my life as trying to find the single equation, the theory of everything."

While Jaden said that there is "definitely a theory to everything", Will added: "When you find things that are tried and true for millennia, you can bet that it's going to happen tomorrow."

Jaden suggested "the sun coming up" as an example, but Will added: "Even a little more. Like for 'Best Actor' Oscars. Almost 90% of the time, it's mental illness and historical figures, right? So you can be pretty certain of that if you want to win - as a man; it's very different for women.

"The patterns are all over the place, but for whatever reason, it's really difficult to find the patterns in 'Best Actress'."

Jaden also expressed his faith in patterns, saying: "I think that there is that special equation for everything, but I don't think our mathematics have evolved enough for us to even - I think there's, like, a whole new mathematics that we'd have to learn to get that equation.

"It's beyond mathematical. It's, like, multidimensional mathematical, if you can sort of understand what I'm saying."

Will, who claimed that the pair are "students of world religion", also suggested that he could work with Jaden again in the future, saying: "If you were a student of the pattern, you'd have to say we're going to do another one."

Jaden agreed that he would "definitely" film another movie with his father, telling Will: "You worked in your family business with your dad. I'm just working in my family business with my dad. Patterns, boom."

Will and Jaden Smith's latest movie After Earth is released in the US on May 31, and in the UK on June 7.